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Ken O’Donnell will be the keynote speaker for this event. Ken is Vice Provost at California State University, Dominguez Hills. CSUDH is a Master’s Public institution serving 13,000 students, around three-quarters from historically underserved minority populations and/or eligible for federal financial aid. O’Donnell oversees accreditation, assessment of student learning, and program review within the office of the provost. Part of his work has focused on connecting student success efforts and high-impact educational practices across the divisions of academic affairs, information technology, business & finance, and student affairs. 

Before coming to CSUDH, O’Donnell was Senior Director of Student Engagement at the California State University System, Office of the Chancellor, leading system-wide offices and projects to strengthen STEM education, community engagement, transfer and articulation, and general education, all toward improving learning and persistence and closing achievement gaps. O’Donnell co-authored the 2013 AAC&U publication, Ensuring Quality and Taking High-Impact Practices to Scale with George Kuh, and with Kuh and Carol Geary Schneider published the reflection piece “HIPs at Ten” in Change magazine in 2017. 

Ken has addressed numerous conferences and workshops around the country on the intersections between deep learning and student success, the benefits of locating college learning in real-world contexts, and the role of public state systems in educational reform. Before coming to the CSU, Ken was a member of the screenwriting faculty and an assistant dean at the film school at Chapman University. He holds an MFA in film from USC and a BA in French from Northwestern University.